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The 5 new rules of work (that school doesn't teach you)

24:02Marco Montemagno · podcast RSS

Montemagno proposes five changes in work as AI agents spread. First comes a shift from personally executing every task to directing tools that perform it. Second, knowledge and procedures once held by individual specialists become reusable resources. Competitive advantage would increasingly depend on applying and combining them. He adds the cost of AI, offers assessed by agents and a continuously discoverable professional identity. For the latter he uses the image of an antenna broadcasting capabilities and availability rather than relying only on a CV. Examples from Spiegamelo Facile include cost monitoring and customised workflows. These are the speaker’s forecasts and interpretations, not changes already universal across employment. He ends by acknowledging the difficulty of understanding the scale of investment and its consequences. Examples include Spiegamelo Facile, his own free newsletter, and sales techniques used for one of his video courses.

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Montemagno proposes five changes in work as AI agents spread. First comes a shift from personally executing every task to directing tools that perform it. Second, knowledge and procedures once held by individual specialists become reusable resources. Competitive advantage would increasingly depend on applying and combining them. He adds the cost of AI, offers assessed by agents and a continuously discoverable professional identity. For the latter he uses the image of an antenna broadcasting capabilities and availability rather than relying only on a CV. Examples from Spiegamelo Facile include cost monitoring and customised workflows. These are the speaker’s forecasts and interpretations, not changes already universal across employment. He ends by acknowledging the difficulty of understanding the scale of investment and its consequences. Examples include Spiegamelo Facile, his own free newsletter, and sales techniques used for one of his video courses.

Key points

  • The worker is imagined as a coordinator of AI agents who remains responsible for outcomes.
  • Previously exclusive expertise can become reusable instructions and shared tools.
  • Budget and efficient token use become part of work.
  • Marketing and services will need to be understandable to agents evaluating offers.
  • The CV is supplemented by capabilities that remain visible and connectable to new opportunities.
Open the source: Le 5 nuove regole del lavoro (che a scuola non ti insegnano)

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His English cue to move from the introduction to the main topic or demonstration.

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Tinkering with tools, apps and settings: trying things out to understand them and build something.

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